Improvement in packing thrashing-machines for transportation



M. LAUFENBUR'G. PACKING T'HRASHING-MACHINES FOR TRANSPORTATION.

Patented June 6, 1876.

Vitnesses I1 ventor' I Tim WQWZM 4w Ii. PETERS. PNDTO-LITHOGRAPNERUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL LAUFENBURG, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PACKING THRASHlNG-MACHINES FOR TRANSPORTATION.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,306, dated June 6,1 876; application filed March 24, 1876.

Manufacturers ofthrashin g-machines always set up each machine ready togo intothe field before shipping it, and these machines have always beenshipped in this condition, because of the great amount of labor requiredto set them up, and the danger of losing some of the numerous parts ofwhich they-are composed in case they were shipped in pieces, and alsobecause the manufacturers had. no adequate way of boxing them fortransportation. The extreme bulk of these machines shipped in thismanner renders the cost of transportation quite excessive, especiallywhere they are shipped over long distances by rail, the cost oftransporting them to the Pacific coast often exceeding the original costof the machine.

The object of my invention is to pack this class of machines in asmaller compass without taking down the sides, which are the most bulkyand troublesome to set up. To do this 1 employ the sides of the machineas a packing-case for the interior works of the machine by setting themup close together, so as to leave a space between them, and connectingthem together by short rods or girts. I then place the remaining partsof the machine between these sides, thus greatly red'ucing the size ofthe machine, and lessening its cost of transportation, while it can, atthe same time, be readily set up, as the sides remain intact.

and bring the two sides close enough together to provide a space betweenthem of just suficient size to contain the remaining parts of themachine. I then use short rods or girts b b b, for connecting the sidestogether in the same manner as when the long girts are used in thecomplete working machine. Between these sides I then carefully pack theparts \vhich'were' previously taken outof the machine, and properly staythemin place, so that they will not be lost in moving the packedmachine. The machine is then ready to be transported.

I thus employ the original sides of the machine as a packing-case forthe remaining parts, thus condensing the machine in the smallestpossible space, and saving thereby one-half in the cost oftransportation.

What I claim is- The improvement in packing thrashing-machines fortransportation, the same consisting in dismantling the sides A A of saidmachines, and connecting them together at a suitable distance apart bymeans of short girts or binding-rods b, and within the space so formedpacking the remaining parts of the machine, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

MICHAEL LAUFENBURG. Witnesses:

GEo. H. STRONG, JNo. L.'BOONE.

